Beneath the surface of Rousseau\u2019s ploy lurks a vital lesson:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe object that brings the group into relation\u201d both defines and is defined by a symbolic order, that is, an apparently closed set of symbols (that excludes other symbolic orders).<\/p>\n
Alberg convincingly demonstrated that Rousseau\u2019s symbolic order derived its authority from the exclusion of the Christian symbolic order.\u00a0 Without the Christian symbolic order, Rousseau\u2019s symbolic order would rattle apart.<\/p>\n
Even if the secular experts disagree on what the object should be, they all agree on this: \u201cThe \u2018Son of Man\u2019 should not show his face in any bureaucratic office and disturb their expert delineations of the multitudinous objects that bring us all into … relation?\u00a0 … no … ‘organization’ is a better word\u201d.<\/p>\n
As long as that possibility remains, Rousseau\u2019s admirers will not have to ask for forgiveness, despite the consequences.\u00a0 Oh, I meant to say, the corpses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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